1 And all the assembly of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their journeys, at the command of Jehovah; and they encamped in Rephidim; and there was no water for the people to drink.2 And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye tempt Jehovah?3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is it that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?4 And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do with this people? Yet a little, and they will stone me!5 And Jehovah said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel, and thy staff with which thou didst smite the river, take in thy hand, and go.6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock on Horeb; and thou shalt strike the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the elders of Israel.7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?8 And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us men, and go out, fight with Amalek; to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.10 And Joshua did as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill.11 And it came to pass when Moses raised his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.12 And Moses' hands were heavy; then they took a stone, and put {it} under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on this side, and one on that side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.13 And Joshua broke the power of Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.14 And Jehovah said to Moses, Write this {for} a memorial in the book, and rehearse {it} in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens.15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi.16 And he said, For the hand is on the throne of Jah; Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation!

1 Daarop het die hele vergadering van die kinders van Israel, volgens die bevel van die HERE, van plek tot plek uit die woestyn Sin getrek en laer opgeslaan in R fidim. En daar was geen water vir die volk om te drink nie.2 Toe twis die volk met Moses en sê: Gee julle vir ons water om te drink. Maar Moses antwoord hulle: Wat twis julle met my? Waarom versoek julle die HERE?3 Maar die volk het daar gesmag na water, en die volk het teen Moses gemurmureer en gesê: Waarom het u ons dan uit Egipte laat optrek om my en my kinders en my vee van dors te laat omkom?4 Toe het Moses die HERE aangeroep en gesê: Wat moet ek met hierdie volk doen? Dit skeel maar min of hulle stenig my.5 En die HERE het Moses geantwoord: Trek voor die volk uit, en neem van die oudstes van Israel met jou saam; en neem jou staf waarmee jy die Nyl geslaan het, in jou hand en gaan weg.6 Kyk, Ek sal daar voor jou by die rots op Horeb staan; dan moet jy die rots slaan, en daar sal water uit kom, dat die volk kan drink. En Moses het so gedoen voor die oë van die oudstes van Israel7 en die plek Massa en M,riba genoem vanweë die twis van die kinders van Israel en omdat hulle die HERE versoek het deur te sê: Is die HERE in ons midde of nie?8 Daarop het Amalek gekom om teen Israel by R fidim te veg.9 En Moses het aan Josua gesê: Kies vir ons manne en trek uit, veg teen Amalek. M"re sal ek op die top van die heuwel staan met die staf van God in my hand.10 En Josua het gedoen soos Moses aan hom gesê het, om te veg teen Amalek. Maar Moses, A„ron en Hur het op die top van die heuwel geklim.11 En telkens as Moses sy hand ophou, was Israel die sterkste; maar as hy sy hand laat sak, was Amalek die sterkste.12 Maar die hande van Moses het swaar geword; daarom het hulle 'n klip geneem en dit onder hom neergelê, dat hy daarop kon sit. En A„ron en Hur het sy hande ondersteun, die een duskant en die ander anderkant. So het sy hande dan vas gebly tot sononder.13 En Josua het Amalek en sy volk met die skerpte van die swaard 'n neerlaag toegebring.14 Toe sê die HERE vir Moses: Skrywe dit as 'n aandenking in 'n boek en prent dit Josua in, dat Ek die gedagtenis van Amalek onder die hemel heeltemal sal uitdelg.15 En Moses het 'n altaar gebou en dit genoem: Die HERE is my banier.16 En hy het gesê: Waarlik, die hand op die troon van die HERE! Oorlog het die HERE teen Amalek van geslag tot geslag.